27.5 C
Lagos
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Agric & Biotech

Nigeria, others told to coordinate landscaping efforts

With Germany announcing its support for the Bonn Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), Nigeria and other African countries have been urged to properly coordinate all...

Nigerians are becoming conscious of GMOs, says Ebegba

Director-General of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Sir (Dr.) Rufus Ebegba, speaks with Etta Michael Bisong about the challeges being encountered by the agency...

Experts seek to transform agriculture, nutrition amid climate change

Agricultural experts and leaders from all over the world have developed an ambitious plan to transform global agriculture, while responding to the challenge of...

How Africa’s agriculture sector can benefit from climate finance, by NEPAD

The African Union Commission’s implementing Agency, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), has said that strong political will is a key ingredient to pushing...

How IFAD scheme will boost Nigeria rice production

The Benue State Programme Coordinator, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), Emmanuel Igbaukum, has expressed optimism that the project...

Biosafety forum to address food security, economic development

The Second National Biosafety Conference in Nigeria scheduled to hold between 10th and 11th November, 2016 in Abuja, the federal capital city, will address the twin...

GMO foods regulation and need for independent labelling agency

Recently, a very misleading press statement was released. The heading was titled “GMO foods: FG may shut Shoprite, Next superstores”. The opening paragraph read...

Implications of decline in forest productivity, by study

A new research has found that continued biodiversity loss would result in an accelerating decline in forest productivity worldwide. The research, published on 14 October...

Latest news

Study reveals electric vehicles could catch on in Africa sooner than expected

A new study led by researchers at ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in collaboration with African...
- Advertisement -spot_imgspot_img

Umahi says first phase of Lagos-Badagry Highway 95% completed, orders night repair of Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Road

The 23km Phase One of the Lagos-Badagry Highway is 95% completed, the Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, said...

Tinubu arrives in Abu Dhabi for sustainability summit

President Bola Tinubu arrived in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Sunday, January 11, for the 2026 Abu...

Must read

- Advertisement -spot_imgspot_img

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you

Clean Development Mechanism passes new milestone

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which has incentivised billions...

Floods: 1.6m people affected, 634,000 displaced – NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says about 1.6 million...

COP26 reaches consensus on key actions to address climate change

Deliberations under the current session of the Conference of...
×